BILL NUMBER: SCR 49	CHAPTERED  09/21/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   133
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 30, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Rainey and McPherson
   (Coauthors:  Senators Baca, Bowen, Chesbro, Costa, Lewis,
Monteith, O'Connell, and Sher)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ackerman, Battin, Campbell, Correa,
Cox, Cunneen, House, Leach, Longville, Machado, Maddox, Mazzoni,
Reyes, Scott, Soto, Strom-Martin, and Zettel)

                        AUGUST 23, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 49--Relative to Breast Cancer
Awareness Month and Breast Exam and Mammography Awareness Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 49, Rainey.  Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Breast Exam and
Mammography Awareness Day.
   This measure would declare the month of October 1999 as Breast
Cancer Awareness Month and October 15, 1999, as Breast Exam and
Mammography Awareness Day.




   WHEREAS, Breast cancer is an epidemic that will strike one out of
eight American women in their lifetime; and
   WHEREAS, Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among
women, and is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of
cancer deaths among women, both nationally and in California; and
   WHEREAS, In the United States, approximately 43,000 women will die
of breast cancer in 1999 and over 180,000 new cases will be
diagnosed in 1999; and
   WHEREAS, In the State of California, approximately 5,000 women
will die of breast cancer in 1999 and nearly 20,000 new cases will be
diagnosed in 1999; and
   WHEREAS, More than 80 percent of women diagnosed with breast
cancer have no known risk factors; and
   WHEREAS, If detected early, breast cancer has a five-year survival
rate of over 95 percent; and
   WHEREAS, Only 55 percent of women 65 and older received a
mammogram in the past two years; and
   WHEREAS, Heightened public awareness and education about breast
cancer are crucial to the national effort to eradicate this epidemic;
and
   WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of all women, men, and
families to join together to promote greater awareness about a
disease that affects all Californians, the need for early detection
and adequate treatment options, and the urgency of finding a cure;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in order to heighten public
awareness about breast cancer, including the need to redouble
efforts to prevent and cure this disease, proclaims the month of
October 1999 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature, in order to recognize that, to
date, breast exam and mammography are still the primary methods of
breast cancer detection available to women, and that, therefore, all
women should perform monthly breast self-exams, women over 50 years
of age should have regularly scheduled mammograms every year, and
women 40 to 49 years of age, inclusive, should consult about
mammograms with their health care provider, proclaims October 15,
1999, as Breast Exam and Mammography Awareness Day; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Governor of the State of California and to the
author for appropriate distribution.
